Tanzania day tours
| country: | Tanzania |
| departures: | Departures can be arranged to suit you throughout the year |
| price: | From Sh10000 (approx £4) (1/2 day) - Sh18000 (approx £7) (2 days) excluding flights |
the amazing things you'll be doing
This is a community based tourism program initiated by the tea farmers association. An association of 15,000 tea farmers, spread over 108 villages in our area, south west Tanzania. It is the only tea association in Tanzania that sells tea to a fair trade organization in the UK.
Inspired by the fair trade principle, the farmers have started ‘fair tourism’. Visitors pay a fair tour fee that includes a village development fee. With this fee the villages can build classrooms and buy schoolbooks or medical equipment for the local dispensary. We offer a unique tea tour and half day, full day and overnight trips to waterfalls, crater lakes and volcanic mountains. In every trip there is time for a village visit and time to meet the local people.
Next to offering tours, we can help to organize a stay in the area by booking accommodation, arranging transport or lunch and advising about onward travel. By booking a tour with us you can be sure that you will see the most beautiful parts of the area, meet local people and support the villages that you visit!
On this tour a tea farmer will tell you everything about tea while showing you around their smallholder shamba and the expansive tea estate with its great views. After hiking to the estate through small local villages you can relax and have a cup of tea before hiking back or visiting the local tea factory.
Mount Rungwe From Sh1500 (approx £6) (1 day) – Sh18000 (approx £7) (2 days)
One of the highest mountains of Tanzania, Mount Rungwe (2,960m) dominates the area. This great volcano can be climbed on a full day or two day hike. After camping on the slopes of the mountain and seeing the sun come up over Rungwe, visit the village of Ilolo with its traditional healer and famous stories about the last big chief.
Ngozi Crater From Sh10000 (approx £4) (1/2 day)
Ngozi is another million year old volcano, that can be climbed in just a few hours. After climbing to the top through tropical vegetation you will be rewarded with a spectacular view of the crater lake, lying 200 meters below.
Kaparogwe Falls From Sh10000 (approx £4) (1/2 days) – Sh15000 (approx £6) (1 day)
This tour is not just a trip to the beautiful Kaparogwe falls, but also includes a hike in to the valley to see the German built hanging bridges. On the way to the waterfall you will pass through the authentic village of Isuba with traditional houses and a traditional bar.
Daraja La Mungu From Sh10000 (approx £4) (1/2 day) – Sh15000 (approx £6) (1 day)
The Bridge of God is a millions of years old rock that forms a bridge over the Kiwira river. This ‘bridge’ is only one of the attractions in the Kiwira valley. The ‘cooking pot’ and the Marasusa falls are also worth seeing. A completely different kind of attraction is the famous traditional healer that you can visit in Lugombo, the starting point for this beautiful hike.
Lake Masoko From Sh10000 (approx £4) (1/2 day) – Sh15000 (approx £6) (1 day) – Sh18000 (approx £7) (2 days)
This crater lake is the perfect place to swim, picnic or even camp. It is especially known for its history. The Germans dumped coins and other items in the lake when they were being chased by the British forces during the first world war. Find out more about the areas past during a nice walk around Lake Masoko.
Kyejo Mountain From Sh10000 (approx £4) (1/2 day)
Kyejo Mountain is one of the main mountains of the area. Hike up this 2,152m high active volcano along the lava pathways. From the slopes of Kyejo mountain you have great views on the surrounding tea growing villages. One of the farmers of the village at the foot of Mount Kyejo welcomes you to have a look on his ‘shamba’.
Inspired by the fair trade principle, the farmers have started ‘fair tourism’. Visitors pay a fair tour fee that includes a village development fee. With this fee the villages can build classrooms and buy schoolbooks or medical equipment for the local dispensary. We offer a unique tea tour and half day, full day and overnight trips to waterfalls, crater lakes and volcanic mountains. In every trip there is time for a village visit and time to meet the local people.
Next to offering tours, we can help to organize a stay in the area by booking accommodation, arranging transport or lunch and advising about onward travel. By booking a tour with us you can be sure that you will see the most beautiful parts of the area, meet local people and support the villages that you visit!
tours
Tea Tour From Sh10000 (approx £4) - Sh12000 (approx £5) including factory tour (1/2 day) On this tour a tea farmer will tell you everything about tea while showing you around their smallholder shamba and the expansive tea estate with its great views. After hiking to the estate through small local villages you can relax and have a cup of tea before hiking back or visiting the local tea factory.
Mount Rungwe From Sh1500 (approx £6) (1 day) – Sh18000 (approx £7) (2 days)
One of the highest mountains of Tanzania, Mount Rungwe (2,960m) dominates the area. This great volcano can be climbed on a full day or two day hike. After camping on the slopes of the mountain and seeing the sun come up over Rungwe, visit the village of Ilolo with its traditional healer and famous stories about the last big chief.
Ngozi Crater From Sh10000 (approx £4) (1/2 day)
Ngozi is another million year old volcano, that can be climbed in just a few hours. After climbing to the top through tropical vegetation you will be rewarded with a spectacular view of the crater lake, lying 200 meters below.
Kaparogwe Falls From Sh10000 (approx £4) (1/2 days) – Sh15000 (approx £6) (1 day)
This tour is not just a trip to the beautiful Kaparogwe falls, but also includes a hike in to the valley to see the German built hanging bridges. On the way to the waterfall you will pass through the authentic village of Isuba with traditional houses and a traditional bar.
Daraja La Mungu From Sh10000 (approx £4) (1/2 day) – Sh15000 (approx £6) (1 day)
The Bridge of God is a millions of years old rock that forms a bridge over the Kiwira river. This ‘bridge’ is only one of the attractions in the Kiwira valley. The ‘cooking pot’ and the Marasusa falls are also worth seeing. A completely different kind of attraction is the famous traditional healer that you can visit in Lugombo, the starting point for this beautiful hike.
Lake Masoko From Sh10000 (approx £4) (1/2 day) – Sh15000 (approx £6) (1 day) – Sh18000 (approx £7) (2 days)
This crater lake is the perfect place to swim, picnic or even camp. It is especially known for its history. The Germans dumped coins and other items in the lake when they were being chased by the British forces during the first world war. Find out more about the areas past during a nice walk around Lake Masoko.
Kyejo Mountain From Sh10000 (approx £4) (1/2 day)
Kyejo Mountain is one of the main mountains of the area. Hike up this 2,152m high active volcano along the lava pathways. From the slopes of Kyejo mountain you have great views on the surrounding tea growing villages. One of the farmers of the village at the foot of Mount Kyejo welcomes you to have a look on his ‘shamba’.
travelling with a local operator
This holiday is operated by a company based in the holiday destination and they will be able to provide expert local knowledge. They will be able to tailor make your holiday to suit your requirements not only concerning the dates of travel but also typically the standard of accommodation, and thus price. It is rare for local operators to be able to help with the booking of your flights.how this holiday makes a difference
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Our tea growers association was incorporated in 1998 as a Non Governmental Organization (NGO). Its aim is to increase the production yield of green leaf and the income of farmers. The association counts up to 15,000 members, spread out over 108 villages. All members are smallholders, each of them owning less than half a hectare of land. In 2002 the association managed to buy 25 percent of the Wakulima Tea Factory in Rungwe, making all 15,000 farmers shareholders. Being a shareholder, the association has been able to bargain for green leaf prices. This has led to an increasing kilo price over the last years and encouraged the farmers to produce more tea. Both factors have led to a huge increase of income for the farmers. Next to their income, farmers now even get dividends on their shares!
Since 2002 the association sells 10 percent of the output of the tea factory to TeaDirect a fair trade organization in the UK. This organization pays 40 sterling cent per kilo on top of the market price, a so called 'fair trade premium'. The premiums are being pumped straight into development projects. In this way fair trade does not only benefit the farmers, but the entire community. The last couple of years more than 100 schools and 21 water projects have been built of the fair trade premium. Also an hiv/aids awareness program and a Community Health Fund was set up.  We employ 1 program coordinator and 8 tour guides. Next to this, we work together with local taxi drivers and bus drivers and local women who occasionally cook food for tourists. Our tour guides are all local people. For the tea tour we work with tea farmers who are trained to be a guide and for other tours we work with tour guides from the village where the concerned natural attraction is located. Inspired by the fair trade principle, the farmers have started ‘fair tourism’. Visitors pay a fair tour fee that includes a village development fee. With this fee the villages can build classrooms and buy schoolbooks or medical equipment for the local dispensary. We work with Wildlife Conservation Society. The cooperation benefits both parties in several ways. WCS helps us in providing trainings to tour guides, on wildlife conservation as well as on environmental knowledge in general. We helps WCS in raising environmental awareness by selling WCS t shirts. We help WCS in raising environmental awareness in the villages that we work with by organizing environmental conservation sessions.  This holiday is part of the responsibletravel.com and Conservation International Community Based Tourism Programme to support and promote community based tourism ventures that offer significant conservation and development benefits to local communities. To see other community based tourism holidays and find out more about the programme click here. |
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